Green Group Claims "Hops Have Feelings, Too"

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[cyborg]

Lots of hops go to die at Whole Foods in their specialty beer department. Austin is their hometown.

[decal]

“Do the high IBU plants feel more or less pain than the low IBU varieties?”

And how are they taking the shocking news that Michael Jackson (the Beer Hunter, not the pederast) has died?

http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/news_detail.aspx?articleid=49858

I know I’M none-too-happy :(

[Proud2BeRight]

What about grass? Don’t these people care about our little green bladed friends? Can you imagine the carnage every time I run the mower.

[EricT.]

This can be fought in a similar manner:

Cannabis flowers also form communities and emotional attachment, being close relatives of the Hop. Harvesting and burning them is a senseless act of cruelty. Marijuana must be put on a protected species list.

[spinestein]

[According to John Lane of PETH: People for the Ethical Treatment of Hops, hop plants form communities and emotional attachments, so harvesting living hops is an act of cruelty.]

Since I grow my own hops for brewing, I can attest from personal experience that this is 100% correct. Every time I pick a hop cone I can hear a tiny scream. And when I throw a whole handful into the boiling kettle there are a few moments of wailing anguish before they all expire.

:^)